Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Glen Campbell's mystery guitar

I've never seen one of these (closeup around 1:50). There are other videos on YouTube showing him with this guitar, too. What a player. I believe this is live: they didn't normally close-mike vocalists on TV back then. What is this guitar?
Thanks for your great blog from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, where the temp is currently -19 °C.
- Tate

Hi Tate. All the clues are there. The headstock shape, the cut-out in the body, the metal pickguard, the offset block markers... It's a 1960s Japanese-made Teisco. However, I am unable to tell you the exact model, it's not one I've seen before. It certainly sounds great in Glen Campbell's hands, though!